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we will take up the defense bill, and you will see more debate and discussion and voting on that bill. i want to assure you one thing i think it has the attention of the members of the senate, and i hope everybody takes this in the right way. i think it is helpful we have 20 women senators in the senate, and i hope that does not mean that i'm saying that i am insensitive. but it is helpful in the senate to have that input that we are getting from many of our women senator colleagues. senator mccaskill of missouri and senator gillibrand are on opposite sides of this issue, and i try not to get on the middle of that one. yes, ma'am. there is a microphone. >> thank you so much for listening to me. i work for an amazing company that services the hard-of- hearing individuals in the country, and it is an amazing service, and the fcc is proposing regulations that are against the ada act of 1990. they are wanting to have individuals push a captioning button on each time they use a phone, and a lot of time they do not remember and they miss the first sentence because they do not push the butto
we will take up the defense bill, and you will see more debate and discussion and voting on that bill. i want to assure you one thing i think it has the attention of the members of the senate, and i hope everybody takes this in the right way. i think it is helpful we have 20 women senators in the senate, and i hope that does not mean that i'm saying that i am insensitive. but it is helpful in the senate to have that input that we are getting from many of our women senator colleagues. senator...
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self-defense? pretty rarely, too. 70% of gun homicides are from handguns. the supreme court said that the fact these are frequently used in crimes does not mean that under the constitution you can prohibit them. the fact and you can point to any particular crime where a gun was misused, that approval to ban this gun or the accessories, that is the opposite of what the supreme court is saying. you do not look only at the misuse of an arm or accessory, you look at its lawful use. does it have common, lawful use. yes, handguns have common, lawful use. handgun magazines have common, lawful use. yes, the ar-15 rifle, the best selling rifle in this country for years, has pervasive lawful use. >> if we restrict access to these guns, we are limiting the ability of individual americans, law-abiding americans, to use them for lawful purposes? >> criminals may misuse something, but that does not constitute sufficient reason to prevent law-abiding citizens from using a commonly used firearm. >> ms. trotter, do most of the gun-owning women that you know have an inclinat
self-defense? pretty rarely, too. 70% of gun homicides are from handguns. the supreme court said that the fact these are frequently used in crimes does not mean that under the constitution you can prohibit them. the fact and you can point to any particular crime where a gun was misused, that approval to ban this gun or the accessories, that is the opposite of what the supreme court is saying. you do not look only at the misuse of an arm or accessory, you look at its lawful use. does it have...
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we learn from the cooperations efforts with the department of defense on how we can do that each and every week we are getting better about the intent and capability of those individuals who wake up every day and they think about how to do harm to this country. i appreciate your leadership in helping. us prevent them. goodthink you brought up a point. we've been talking about the physical board earn the security measures. i can tell you it is changing. i was in detroit and 10 years ago few knew i was going to cross with drugs. there was a good chance i would still get through because we did not have the resources and technology at the border to run subpoenas name. ou might get the license plate at the time. now running someone's name takes 12 seconds. we pushed the border out with engaging our foreign counterparts and international partners so we know the threat before it gets here. someone sitting in a cave, in a place that wants to do us harm enters a visa application and this will be vetted that night and we'll know before. technology has really changed a lot as well as our intern
we learn from the cooperations efforts with the department of defense on how we can do that each and every week we are getting better about the intent and capability of those individuals who wake up every day and they think about how to do harm to this country. i appreciate your leadership in helping. us prevent them. goodthink you brought up a point. we've been talking about the physical board earn the security measures. i can tell you it is changing. i was in detroit and 10 years ago few knew...
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>> actually, the secretary of defense has always been a chief policy maker. now, he tried to explain some of his statements away saying he would not be involved in making policy decision. that is a fantastic statement. that's an unbelievably naive statement for somebody who might be the next secretary of the department of defense. of course, he is a policymaker. of course, what he believes and what his judgment stands for means a lot. >> i apologize we couldn't speak longer. we had the live event at the white house. we'll get you next time. >> great. we'll do that. thank you so much. >> thank you, sir. that wraps up things for me. have a great weekend. thomas will be back on monday. "now with alex wagner" is up next. stick around. is in the eye of the beholder. well...behold. behold water so blue it merges with the sky above. behold natural beauty above the sea, and far below. behold smiles so wide they stretch across the face of an entire nation. behold...the islands of the bahamas. for over 75 years people ...with geico... ohhh...sorry!. director's voice: h
>> actually, the secretary of defense has always been a chief policy maker. now, he tried to explain some of his statements away saying he would not be involved in making policy decision. that is a fantastic statement. that's an unbelievably naive statement for somebody who might be the next secretary of the department of defense. of course, he is a policymaker. of course, what he believes and what his judgment stands for means a lot. >> i apologize we couldn't speak longer. we had...
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it is, you know, in the last 20 years, we've seen record spending on defense. now, that is due in some part to the fact that we had a war in iraq. we have ongoing military engagement in afghanistan. that costs money, but where do you think democrats need to be. >> on this issue of sequester? >> where democrats have to be is in intelligent reduction in defense spending. the sequester is not intelligent reduction. one of the benefits, i think, of chuck hagel as secretary of defense is he does know and i think will have the willingness to go in there and find the places that are real fat. find the weapons systems that don't work. find the pad in the things, find the excessive spending on things that we don't need, and cut those rather than cutting troop deployments or things like that. >> i think that argument is valid up to a point. the same thing you can say about domestic spending. there's a certain amount of fat that can be cut. you are talking about a major realignment of forces. they're talking about moving away frour reentation and looking at middle asia. s
it is, you know, in the last 20 years, we've seen record spending on defense. now, that is due in some part to the fact that we had a war in iraq. we have ongoing military engagement in afghanistan. that costs money, but where do you think democrats need to be. >> on this issue of sequester? >> where democrats have to be is in intelligent reduction in defense spending. the sequester is not intelligent reduction. one of the benefits, i think, of chuck hagel as secretary of defense is...
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he knows the department of defense in a way that no other secretary ever has. i believe he is the first one ever to serve as secretary who will have been an enlisted man. >> that's correct. >> he's been in combat. he understands that aspect of war fair in a way that no other secretary has. he has -- he has served in the veterans administration so he understands how to deal with former soldiers. he has run the uso so he understands how you help soldiers in -- i mean, he's just immensely qualified for the job. >> sir, does chuck hagel's appointment to this ultimately mean a break from the neocons that may have been left over from george w. bush and his administrations? >> well, i don't -- i wouldn't put that in those kinds of terms. chuck hagel is a thoughtful person. he comes to his conclusions by analysis, not by knee jerk reaction or saluting any particular color. and i think that's why the president selected him. i think he'll work very, very closely with john kerry, who is a man of a similar thoughtful nature. and i think it's a powerful team. >> former nati
he knows the department of defense in a way that no other secretary ever has. i believe he is the first one ever to serve as secretary who will have been an enlisted man. >> that's correct. >> he's been in combat. he understands that aspect of war fair in a way that no other secretary has. he has -- he has served in the veterans administration so he understands how to deal with former soldiers. he has run the uso so he understands how you help soldiers in -- i mean, he's just...
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the defense nominee can't break that republican filibuster. now he won't be confirmed medical the senate returns from a week-long recess. >> the republican minority m senate seem to think that the rule now is that you have to have 60 votes for everything. well, that's not the rule. it's just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan. >> and is john mccain now conceding this is all a grudge match? >> there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly, at one point said he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said that the surge was the worst
the defense nominee can't break that republican filibuster. now he won't be confirmed medical the senate returns from a week-long recess. >> the republican minority m senate seem to think that the rule now is that you have to have 60 votes for everything. well, that's not the rule. it's just unfortunate that this kind of politics intrudes at a time when i'm still presiding over a war in afghanistan. >> and is john mccain now conceding this is all a grudge match? >> there's a...
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we had great secretaries of defense that didn't serve. it's an important part as we enter this period. i think that with the real thing here, we take a step back, just look how far the republican party has moved in the last six years. you talked about a republican saying you're out of the mainstream means one thing, you're in the mainstream. because they've left. in 2006, john mccain was talking about chuck hagel as his secretary of state and now he's someone who he thinks is disqualified. from a big picture, the republicans have moved the neocons have such a hold on that party and i don't think that's mainstream thinking in america. >> do you think there is an element of political payback here? >> sure, listen, some of this is situation normal in washington, whether you're a democrat or republican, always trying to take the president down a peg if you're in the opposition. some of this to be expected and some is valuable. as jonathan was saying, these should be -- these are questions that should be requestasked of hague el, he ought to s
we had great secretaries of defense that didn't serve. it's an important part as we enter this period. i think that with the real thing here, we take a step back, just look how far the republican party has moved in the last six years. you talked about a republican saying you're out of the mainstream means one thing, you're in the mainstream. because they've left. in 2006, john mccain was talking about chuck hagel as his secretary of state and now he's someone who he thinks is disqualified. from...
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he knows president obama well so he will have that access to secretary of defense. look who has testified for him. senator john warner. senator thad cochran of mississippi is for him. i think he is a good pick. >> sean: he said the united states must eventually eliminate nuclear weapons. he said we must eliminate all nuclear weapons globally. he said the israelis are keeping the palestinians like caged animals. his comments -- >> ronald reagan wanted to eliminate nuclear weapons. >> sean: he believed peace through strength and different mentality as chuck hagel. he did, but he also believed in strength. the incidents between him and chuck hagel wants to pare down military. it duwlt have the gap of vulnerability that reagan fixed after carter became president. >> what you have to look at is the record. for 12 years, chuck hagel had a very pro-israeli voting record. he is somebody that is very committed to peace in the middle east. he knows the region. he is strong on israel. on iran, he made that comments 12 years ago. all of us have 30 years of public record of vote
he knows president obama well so he will have that access to secretary of defense. look who has testified for him. senator john warner. senator thad cochran of mississippi is for him. i think he is a good pick. >> sean: he said the united states must eventually eliminate nuclear weapons. he said we must eliminate all nuclear weapons globally. he said the israelis are keeping the palestinians like caged animals. his comments -- >> ronald reagan wanted to eliminate nuclear weapons....
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you also have a man who may have a very viable defense. i think that the judge has made a decision, perhaps it's against my journalistic predilection that there should not be cameras. on the other side, he needs a case that goes forward without this voracious media ruling the world. the law must rule here. and this is a case dependent on the law and the facts. and the facts for the prosecution, we got to see, got weaker and weaker day by day. >> and the judge also brought up the lead investigator and the professionalism used or not used on the scene. take a listen to what he said about that. >> the officer indeed made several errors and concessions during cross examination. following procedure is another issue to talk about. he may well have contaminated the crime scene by not waiting. he blund erd on the exact description of the substance and needles that were on the scene initially saying it was testosterone. i think what is of primary importance to me is that while there were concessions made by the warrant officer, he is not the state
you also have a man who may have a very viable defense. i think that the judge has made a decision, perhaps it's against my journalistic predilection that there should not be cameras. on the other side, he needs a case that goes forward without this voracious media ruling the world. the law must rule here. and this is a case dependent on the law and the facts. and the facts for the prosecution, we got to see, got weaker and weaker day by day. >> and the judge also brought up the lead...
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when the department of homeland security uses them they are used in self-defense. but when i want to use it's considered, i do. >> sean: first of all, it's none of your business. i'm a shooter and that is why i look it. you said a gun is not your best option? >> no. >> sean: so a shooter comes in here. what are you going to do? are you going to grab scissors? >> i'm going to try to exit as quickly as possible. i think the bottom line you are more likely to be shot by law enforcement that arrives on the scene and don't know that you are a bystander and actual shooter. in tucson someone arrived with a gun.... >> sean: do you know how silly this sounds. if you can't get behind a desk and you can't call 911 and if you can't go to where the shooter is, treating like you are in kindergarten. then they are saying use a scissors. then we're going to use scissors. that is ridiculous. >> your keys will be locked in your desk. why do the department of homeland security that it's a great weapon for self-defense but not a great defense for regular citizens. >> sean: they don't
when the department of homeland security uses them they are used in self-defense. but when i want to use it's considered, i do. >> sean: first of all, it's none of your business. i'm a shooter and that is why i look it. you said a gun is not your best option? >> no. >> sean: so a shooter comes in here. what are you going to do? are you going to grab scissors? >> i'm going to try to exit as quickly as possible. i think the bottom line you are more likely to be shot by law...
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to sell defense cuts to the republicans. and there is not much trust that chuck hagel has with republicans having made a second career attacking his party after he left government. i think that that, this is a strange choice in order to do that particular purpose. >> woodruff: well, meanwhile, we are just what, two weeks away, mark, from across-the-board budget cuts taking effect of so-called sequester. it would be cuts in the domestic spending cuts, in $85 billion, in both domestic and defense, military spending. congress is left town for more than a week. what is going to happen? >> the sequester will set in on the first of march. >> and? >> and the cuts will come and we will feel it. because the administration will be in the position of selecting to some degree controlling where those cuts are. although it's limited by the legislation. but they will be felt by people. and there will be dislocations. there will be discomfort and there will be suffering. and the cbo has predicted, judy, if it goes through, the sequester goe
to sell defense cuts to the republicans. and there is not much trust that chuck hagel has with republicans having made a second career attacking his party after he left government. i think that that, this is a strange choice in order to do that particular purpose. >> woodruff: well, meanwhile, we are just what, two weeks away, mark, from across-the-board budget cuts taking effect of so-called sequester. it would be cuts in the domestic spending cuts, in $85 billion, in both domestic and...
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now, some in congress have proposed preventing only the defense cuts. by making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training. medicare and social security benefits. that idea is even worse. [ applause ] yes, the biggest driver of our long-term debt is the rising cost of health care for an aging population. and those of us who care deeply about programs like medicare must embrace the need for modest reforms. otherwise, our retirement programs will crowd out the investments we need for our children. and jeopardize the promise of a secure retirement for future generations. but we can't ask senior citizens and working families to shoulder the entire burden of deficit reduction while asking nothing more from the wealthiest and the most powerful. we won't grow the middle class simply by shifting the cost of health care or college onto families that are already struggling or by forcing communities to lay off for teachers and cops and firefighters. most americans, democrats, republicans and independents understand that we can't just cut our way to
now, some in congress have proposed preventing only the defense cuts. by making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training. medicare and social security benefits. that idea is even worse. [ applause ] yes, the biggest driver of our long-term debt is the rising cost of health care for an aging population. and those of us who care deeply about programs like medicare must embrace the need for modest reforms. otherwise, our retirement programs will crowd out the investments we need...
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the latest example of waste in our defense budget. joining me now talk more about it is michael shank, director of foreign policy at xcml. the ironic thing is this is happening just as there is a guy like about too much waste in our government. -- discussion about too much spending and too much waste. further workers are back on the job. why is the pentagon immune from all these talks about too much spending and waste? >> for some reason we continue to about the pentagon and department of homeland security, the two agencies that have not been audited -- the pentagon will not be audited until 2017. they claim to care about waste, fraud, abuse. not a great example. on the show i talked about them being destroyed and afghanistan. the planes in arizona own -- join $34 billion of the crib and not being used. almost akin to what the house republicans cut in food stamps. the argument about small government, cleaning up waste, fraud, and abuse. that is ubiquitous throughout. industry is largely responsible. the defense industry has been lobby
the latest example of waste in our defense budget. joining me now talk more about it is michael shank, director of foreign policy at xcml. the ironic thing is this is happening just as there is a guy like about too much waste in our government. -- discussion about too much spending and too much waste. further workers are back on the job. why is the pentagon immune from all these talks about too much spending and waste? >> for some reason we continue to about the pentagon and department of...
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if senator hagel becomes secretary of defense, the military option will have zero credibility. i'm sorry, ari, can you remind me how many purple hearts lindsey graham, ted cruz, and marco rubio have between them? >> i think it's zero. >> zero. >> i think it's zero. and i think that the problem with that letter goes deeper than just their sort of shallow criticisms of chuck hagel. the military option is decided in our democracy by the korng working with the president to decide if and when to declare war. so that substantive attempt at a critique acts as if the secretary of defense is going to decide it all along. >> the critique is a complete falsehood. >> whether he is hawkish or not, the president will set the goals of the policy, but the declaration of war against iran or an authorization of force would come from the congress. there's something else that toure said that i thought was important and it almost got lost in the flurry of hoorayish -- toure yish hand motions. you said something that really struck a chord with me. you talked about intellectual gerrymandering and i t
if senator hagel becomes secretary of defense, the military option will have zero credibility. i'm sorry, ari, can you remind me how many purple hearts lindsey graham, ted cruz, and marco rubio have between them? >> i think it's zero. >> zero. >> i think it's zero. and i think that the problem with that letter goes deeper than just their sort of shallow criticisms of chuck hagel. the military option is decided in our democracy by the korng working with the president to decide...
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semiautomatic firearm technology has been around for many years and hunting and target shooting and self-defense, despite this fact, congress banned to manufacturer and sale of hundreds of semiautomatic magazines from '94 to 2004. independent st independent studies proved it had no impact on lowering crime. when it comes to background checks, let's be honest. they'll never be universal because criminals will never submit to them. there are a lot of things that can be done and we ask you to join with us, the nra has made up of millions of americans that support what works. the immediate protection for all, not just some of our school children is what's needed. and swift certain punishment of criminals who misuse guns and fixing our mental health system. we love our families and love our country. we believe in freedom and we're the millions from all walks of life who take responsibility for our safety and protection as a god-given fundamental american right. thank you. >> thank you. now, chief johnson, let me begin with you if i could, in my experience many -- >> i'm thomas roberts at msnbc headqu
semiautomatic firearm technology has been around for many years and hunting and target shooting and self-defense, despite this fact, congress banned to manufacturer and sale of hundreds of semiautomatic magazines from '94 to 2004. independent st independent studies proved it had no impact on lowering crime. when it comes to background checks, let's be honest. they'll never be universal because criminals will never submit to them. there are a lot of things that can be done and we ask you to join...
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the department of defense spent more than half a billion of your tax dollars on the c27j spartan. why aren't those plains being used? is the spartan a prime example of government mismanagement and waste? i traveled to the biggest military storage facility in the u.s. in tucson, arizona to get answers. >> collecting dust in the arizona desert, the u.s. military's new fleet of c27j spartans. at about $30 million apiece, the cargo planes sit idle, without a mission that, a casualty of sequester cuts. >> the air force had to find a way to reduce their budget and they chose to divert them. >> the colonel is in charge of the air force base commonly called the boneyard. it's the u.s. military's largest aircraft storage facility, located in tucson, arizona. a dozen c27j's are already here. >> it is the only place you can go and see 1,000 military airplanes in one location. >> he took us on a tour of the sprawling 2600-acre air base. from the cold war to the iraq war, thousands of planes have a unique history, the dry arizona weather is a perfect place for long term storage. >> what am i l
the department of defense spent more than half a billion of your tax dollars on the c27j spartan. why aren't those plains being used? is the spartan a prime example of government mismanagement and waste? i traveled to the biggest military storage facility in the u.s. in tucson, arizona to get answers. >> collecting dust in the arizona desert, the u.s. military's new fleet of c27j spartans. at about $30 million apiece, the cargo planes sit idle, without a mission that, a casualty of...
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i borrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of the defense budget. its program is singular in cost overruns, its delays, and the way it is structured. effective defense of attribute may not be its radars and missiles and technology and ability to fight at super sized cities. it may be the way it has been designed to ease a budget cutters. more on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q & a." >> in their documentary, "what's the catch?," rebecca levy and shelby stevens talk about seafood. iny are second prize winn this year's c-span studentcam competition. >> throughout the past few decades, the amount of damage to our water has increased exponentially. come to the salt water and oceans. it has become even more prominent than ever before. the fish that were healthy are not going extinct. each year, the u.s. consumes close to 5 billion tons of seafood. it is the third rank country for consuming fish. thecase of gone by since overuse of our country's natural resources. how can we sustain heating as many fish as we do without sustaining natural fish populatio
i borrowed into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges of the defense budget. its program is singular in cost overruns, its delays, and the way it is structured. effective defense of attribute may not be its radars and missiles and technology and ability to fight at super sized cities. it may be the way it has been designed to ease a budget cutters. more on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q & a." >> in their documentary, "what's the catch?,"...
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the honorablele -- chuck hagel, secretary of defense. horn playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states. hail to the chief" playing"] , thedies and gentlemen chaplain. >> let us pray. almighty and eternal god, we ask that your present be upon us this day, a day which we as a nation come together on this hallowed ground to honor without hesitation those brave men and thosewho gave all they had for our nation's freedom. it is because of their selfless service at servicevalor that week -- service and valor that we can stand here this day without fear knowing that we can continue sharing a lasting peace with liberty. has no one than this than someone laydown his life for his friends. let us not forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. .herefore, we continue those who and died for our country in war and remembering too that this gift of peace often comes from long struggles, the kind of peace that is bound from the blood of heroes, brave men and women who answered the call, saying send me. brave men and women who
the honorablele -- chuck hagel, secretary of defense. horn playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of united states. hail to the chief" playing"] , thedies and gentlemen chaplain. >> let us pray. almighty and eternal god, we ask that your present be upon us this day, a day which we as a nation come together on this hallowed ground to honor without hesitation those brave men and thosewho gave all they had for our nation's freedom. it is because of their selfless...
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defense department is refusing to do that. the department says the terror label may prevent the suspect from getting a fair trial by potentially influencing court-martial panel members and witnesses. hassan is accused of going on rampage on the base. 13 people killed, dozens more injured. department of defense is handling the incident as a case of workplace violence. >> heather: veterans groups meantime, are protesting against proposed plans to change disability payments for veterans. the benefits over time like social security is tied to inflation, but the obamacare administration is proposing changing the way benefits are calculated so they would increase at a slower rate. the decision on this plan will likely come as part of a larger budget deal. >> gregg: republicans are pressing president obama to aprove the keystone pipeline calling it a no-brainer in the weekly address. lee terry said the pipeline would give the ailing united states economy a shot in the arm and make energy more affordable. despite that the obama admini
defense department is refusing to do that. the department says the terror label may prevent the suspect from getting a fair trial by potentially influencing court-martial panel members and witnesses. hassan is accused of going on rampage on the base. 13 people killed, dozens more injured. department of defense is handling the incident as a case of workplace violence. >> heather: veterans groups meantime, are protesting against proposed plans to change disability payments for veterans. the...
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leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple of them. >> they share the popcorn. woodruff: that's a tradition they started a few years ago. a a number of members picked it up. it seemed to fade. >> it was done right after the gabrielle giffords. >> woodruff: she's here tonight. i don't think we've seen her in the last few minutes but we saw her just before we went on the air. she's there with her husband mark kelly. she and her husband have become the two, i guess, you could say the most prominent faces of this new push to do something ab
leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have...
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"paramilitary operations whether clandestine or covert should shift to the defense department." remember when we as a country supposedly accepted all the recommendations of the 9/11 commission? that one was accepted in theory but obviously never acted on. john brennan is now on tap to be the new head of the cia. he said he agrees with that idea. at least we're told he agrees with that idea. but while he has had the job of leading the overall counterterrorism policies of the obama administration, we have seen no such shift in direction. so why are we now supposed to believe, now that he's up to be the direction, of the cia, which is a senate confirmable job, why are we now supposed to believe that regardless of how things have gone under his leadership so far it all might change and get a lot more accountable and more transparent and he gets this new job? if he does want to bring drone warfare out of the dark and put it on more authoritatively legal and accountable grounds, if he moves to run the cia, will that make him more able to effect that change in our government if he real
"paramilitary operations whether clandestine or covert should shift to the defense department." remember when we as a country supposedly accepted all the recommendations of the 9/11 commission? that one was accepted in theory but obviously never acted on. john brennan is now on tap to be the new head of the cia. he said he agrees with that idea. at least we're told he agrees with that idea. but while he has had the job of leading the overall counterterrorism policies of the obama...
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, that we did in fact passed a defense appropriations bill. we didn't do a lot of those. within the context, we were able th wt weaecognize thaitization r deease funding? >> the national intelligence program, which i manage straddles two independent tions these. the bulk of program is carried in the department of defense budget. so not to get to be in a sequestration arcana here, but the net, the program was divided into 700 ppa from the planned program activities that covers the entire extent. every one of those had to be eat late taxed. the congress imposed a more onerous, more restrict it from a comma rules that on my ability to move money from ppa to ppa. i have small pdas with not a lot of money but for whatever reason decided there needed to be more over the national intelligence program. the effect of the fy 13 of her rations that did help us in that it allowed us to move money around civic and that the money into the path we are committed to by virtue of the fact were five men in before we got a bill. sowo ba dister t it. a cab structu
, that we did in fact passed a defense appropriations bill. we didn't do a lot of those. within the context, we were able th wt weaecognize thaitization r deease funding? >> the national intelligence program, which i manage straddles two independent tions these. the bulk of program is carried in the department of defense budget. so not to get to be in a sequestration arcana here, but the net, the program was divided into 700 ppa from the planned program activities that covers the entire...
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defensively, we think about baltimore as a great defense. they are really not. at this point, they have been very good in the playoffs, but throughout the year san francisco's defense has been truly elite. the speedthey have with their two best linebackers in willis and bowman and not to mention brooks. plus they have a terrific all-around defense starting with their front 4. really, to me, the premier defense in the league. so i would focus on running backs, defense and then quarterbacks obviously. i will give a slight edge to kapernikk but joe flacko is the all time winnesting quarterback which i think is huge in this game. >> we heard first media criticisms of both sides. the media story about ray louis and him doping deer antler spray and the 49er locker room gay chatter. will that have any effect on this game on sunday? >> i don't think it will. once the game starts, all of that stuff disappears disappears. it's great fodder for us, you know, for me as a reporter. you know, i definitely don't mind it. but this is going to be, i think, a terrific game betwee
defensively, we think about baltimore as a great defense. they are really not. at this point, they have been very good in the playoffs, but throughout the year san francisco's defense has been truly elite. the speedthey have with their two best linebackers in willis and bowman and not to mention brooks. plus they have a terrific all-around defense starting with their front 4. really, to me, the premier defense in the league. so i would focus on running backs, defense and then quarterbacks...
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leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple of them. >> they share the popcorn. woodruff: that's a tradition they started a few years ago. a a number of members picked it up. it seemed to fade. >> it was done right after the gabrielle giffords. >> woodruff: she's here tonight. i don't think we've seen her in the last few minutes but we saw her just before we went on the air. she's there with her husband mark kelly. she and her husband have become the two, i guess, you could say the most prominent faces of this new push to do something ab
leon panetta the out going secretary of defense. they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have...
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not meant to the copyright 101 and here it exclusive rights and here is a limitation or defense in section 107. is really meant as a program aimed at people using peer to peer, or those who are casual users who want to make sure unauthorized content isn't going over their system, that they know there is a way to avoid that and they can find content legally on surfaces online music matters or netflix or anything like that. >> if i could just disagree with you a little bit my understanding is the center for copyright information does want to be a resource about copyright because part of a problem we identified is people don't understand how copyright works. so i would hope comment aunt and planning and certainly being an advocate for insuring that when we get to that education phase, obviously fair use and lawful uses are robust and vigorous part of that education and that is certainly not killing from behind. so the cpi has pretensions on being more than just operating this copyright alert system and having a more vibrant discussion about copyright and the exception to copyright. >> let me
not meant to the copyright 101 and here it exclusive rights and here is a limitation or defense in section 107. is really meant as a program aimed at people using peer to peer, or those who are casual users who want to make sure unauthorized content isn't going over their system, that they know there is a way to avoid that and they can find content legally on surfaces online music matters or netflix or anything like that. >> if i could just disagree with you a little bit my understanding...
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because there are three basic units in the kingdom; a defense ministry, a national guard and a huge interior operation that watches people and guards the oil facilities. so a lot of saudis fear that somehow each of these is run by a prince, three cousins, that they will perhaps fight with each other which has happened in the past among the royal family. it's what brought down the second saudi state in the late 1880s. so if you're just a normal saudi, you talk about what is my plan b. and most people don't know what their plan b is. so there's a lot of nervousness, a lot of frustration. and because this is a country that has no experience whatsoever with self-governance or even individual responsibility or civil society, they don't -- most of them, a few talk about democracy, but most of of them simply want what they describe as justice and what hay say they mean -- they say they mean by that is a government that is more transparent, more accountable, more rule of law. where there are clear rules, and they are enforced equally, not are not enforced which is often the case, but are enforced ba
because there are three basic units in the kingdom; a defense ministry, a national guard and a huge interior operation that watches people and guards the oil facilities. so a lot of saudis fear that somehow each of these is run by a prince, three cousins, that they will perhaps fight with each other which has happened in the past among the royal family. it's what brought down the second saudi state in the late 1880s. so if you're just a normal saudi, you talk about what is my plan b. and most...
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referred to as national defense information. in order to bring a criminal case for the unauthorized release of ndi, this is information critical to national defense. >> let's check a couple of tweets. the bipartisan nature of the debate. it is a distraction to divert attention from the fact that we're chattel. whoa combat us veteran would rather live free with the chance of being killed by terrorism than one day as a slave. gathered chatter and listen on the bad guys? the fourths amendment would be able to be passed through congress today? , lee munselown hall is a defense reporter for politico. tim is in kentucky. republican line. ar eyou on the line? that should be you, tim, right? >> yes. home ins. soldier, 2006, semi with an intelligence job. you signedwden, paperwork saying that you will not give up any information whatsoever. i believe he needs to be charged. i do not like things that are intrusive, we don't need to know about it. but it protect us as a country. people need to get over the fact that the government is not t
referred to as national defense information. in order to bring a criminal case for the unauthorized release of ndi, this is information critical to national defense. >> let's check a couple of tweets. the bipartisan nature of the debate. it is a distraction to divert attention from the fact that we're chattel. whoa combat us veteran would rather live free with the chance of being killed by terrorism than one day as a slave. gathered chatter and listen on the bad guys? the fourths...
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today's producer pick from our second producer kevin burn, an aerospace and defense executive losing his job after slapping a crying 2-year-old. apparently the man also used a racial slur against a kid and wait until you read exactly what he said and then our runner up pick, actor alec baldwin versus the photogs, this time the alleged race rant against a black photographer. check out the facebook page for details. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? [ voice of dennis ] indeed. we replaced people with a machine.r, wait until you read exactly what what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. what do we do when something really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best
today's producer pick from our second producer kevin burn, an aerospace and defense executive losing his job after slapping a crying 2-year-old. apparently the man also used a racial slur against a kid and wait until you read exactly what he said and then our runner up pick, actor alec baldwin versus the photogs, this time the alleged race rant against a black photographer. check out the facebook page for details. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of...
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most of them were harsh on mccain, when mccain talked about his belief that -- not even defensively, just sort of aggressively that marriage is between a man and a woman, the entire room applauded. when these people got up and thanked him on the background check vote, the entire room applauded. it didn't seem in line with the polling that republicans didn't quite believe saying that all the members who voted against background checks saw their popularity decrease. something more important than what i saw is mary landrieu in louisiana and kay hagan in north carolina voted for the bill and were immediately attacked by republicans, just kind of knee-jerk assuming this would be bad for them. both of them have inched up in the polls. so democrats lost this vote because of -- for procedural reasons. they got 55 or 56 ayes for it but the way they framed it was popular. they just have not convinced enough republicans and enough red state democrats that it's in their interest to support it politically. they might have inched a little closer to that this week. >> dave weigel, slate political r
most of them were harsh on mccain, when mccain talked about his belief that -- not even defensively, just sort of aggressively that marriage is between a man and a woman, the entire room applauded. when these people got up and thanked him on the background check vote, the entire room applauded. it didn't seem in line with the polling that republicans didn't quite believe saying that all the members who voted against background checks saw their popularity decrease. something more important than...
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michaels fromjim "usa today," who joins defense issues. congressman, the situation continuing to develop in syria, we want to turn j
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>> so in other words, he can't be barack obama's defense chief because he can't agree with the war. president obama and chuck hagel agree on so many things they're actually friends. they have a positive view about the same things in the world. i think the president is sticking his neck out for this guy because he really wants him to be his defense chief that and somebody pointed out to me that mccain said he made the statement back when he was a republican, as if he's no longer a republican because he dares to agree with the guy hiring him to be the defense chief. >> dwight eisenhower wasn't a republican either because he wasn't a hawk. he took the heat for that because he was a guy who knew what's going on with the war. >> you're not officially a republican if you don't want to bomb iran. john mccain put it out there and said, basically, you know what? he was mean to president bush, he criticized the iraq war. his fellow members of the senate thought he was not a fellow republican. that's rich from john mccain who made it hit life's work to oppose him. >> is that chuck hagel who fa
>> so in other words, he can't be barack obama's defense chief because he can't agree with the war. president obama and chuck hagel agree on so many things they're actually friends. they have a positive view about the same things in the world. i think the president is sticking his neck out for this guy because he really wants him to be his defense chief that and somebody pointed out to me that mccain said he made the statement back when he was a republican, as if he's no longer a...
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. >> it is time to question laws that expand the concept of self- defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. >> i am going to be candidate for the senate from wyoming in 2014. >> last week, it looked like harry reid was about to go nuclear. that is, he would lead the charge to lower the vote total for approval of the president's nominees from 60 to 51. mitch mcconnell said if he did, harry reid will be remembered as the worst senate majority leader ever. senator john mccain, a man harry reid once said he could not stand, led the effort to find a compromise with the result that after two years of republican opposition, richard cordray has been officially confirmed to head the consumer financial protection bureau. >> richard cordray was finally confirmed by the united states senate to keep serving as america's consumer watchdog and the director of the consumer financial protection group. [applause] >> in exchange, democrats said they would withdraw two nominees for the national labor relations board. the senate on to confirm gina mccarthy as the head of the epa and thomas
. >> it is time to question laws that expand the concept of self- defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. >> i am going to be candidate for the senate from wyoming in 2014. >> last week, it looked like harry reid was about to go nuclear. that is, he would lead the charge to lower the vote total for approval of the president's nominees from 60 to 51. mitch mcconnell said if he did, harry reid will be remembered as the worst senate majority leader ever. senator...
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like his. >> of the will not be coming in town or there will be more for when they are here. >> the defense department announced a plan that would get our region harder than anyone else along with the rest of the federal cut sprayed it could have a devastating impact on the economy. >> it will have a big impact on travel. >> fewer passengers would use our local airports. and it would hurt car trouble that is already being affected by high gas prices. he said some local residents are scared to book trips for the summer. >> they're not doing anything. they're going to try to wait this out. >> if the cuts go through, many will not be taking a vacation. >> if your salary is cut you're not going to travel. >> stay with us for complete coverage of the countdown to sequestration. for instant updates, go wjla.com. also we are on facebook and twitter. >> and this has been a ben affleck thriller about the six americans who escaped the iranian takeover of the u.s. embassy in 1979. fast forward. one of the survivors lived in fairfax county. greta cruz get your thoughts on the film. >> we can see them t
like his. >> of the will not be coming in town or there will be more for when they are here. >> the defense department announced a plan that would get our region harder than anyone else along with the rest of the federal cut sprayed it could have a devastating impact on the economy. >> it will have a big impact on travel. >> fewer passengers would use our local airports. and it would hurt car trouble that is already being affected by high gas prices. he said some local...